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Wednesday, August 13th, 2025 Today, the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals upholds the Arkansas ban on gender affirming care; bigot Kim Davis has asked the Supreme Court to overturn marriage equality; a federal judge has ordered improved conditions for immigrants detained at 26 Federal Plaza; how the State Department grappled with the release of a triple murderer in the CECOT prisoner exchange; Trump’s new jobs numbers guy suggests suspending monthly job reports; Putin visits Alaska as talks swirl about a new Trump Tower Moscow; core inflation continues to rise in the United States; Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton urges prosecutors to jail Beto O'Rourke; Sherrod Brown announces his bid for Senate in 2026; and Allison and Dana read your Good News. Thank You, IQBAR Text DAILYBEANS to 64000 to get 20% off all IQBAR products, plus FREE shipping. Message and data rates may apply. Guest: Adam Klasfeld All Rise News All Rise News - Bluesky , @klasfeldreports.com - BlueSky , @KlasfeldReports - Twitter , @senecaprojectus - Instagram General commanding troops in LA delivers, then revises, damaging testimony to Trump | All Rise News Guest: Tara Setmayer The Seneca Project , @senecaproject.us - Bluesky , @senecaprojectus - Twitter The Seneca Project - YouTube , The Stakes with Tara Setmayer and Michelle Kinney - YouTube Tara Setmayer , @tarasetmayer.bsky.social - Bluesky , @TaraSetmayer - Twitter , @thetarasetmayer - Instagram Stories Supreme Court formally asked to overturn landmark same-sex marriage ruling | ABC News V Spehar (@underthedesknews) - Instagram Trump’s pick for BLS commissioner floated suspending the monthly jobs report before apparently backing off | CNN Business Eighth Circuit Upholds Arkansas’s Ban on Gender-Affirming Care for Transgender Youth | American Civil Liberties Union Russia Has High Hopes for Trump-Putin Summit. Peace With Ukraine Isn’t One of Them. | WSJ ‘Can We Extradite Him?’ How U.S. Officials Grappled With the Release of a Triple Murderer | The New York Times CPI rose in July by 2.7% on an annual basis. Here's what that means. | CBS News Paxton urges Texas judge to jail Beto O’Rourke over fundraising related to redistricting fight | POLITICO Good Trouble Protest Putin in Alaska! Thursday, August 14 - 5:00 p.m. Valdez, AK, Small Boat Harbor Boardwalk. Putin will be traveling to Alaska to meet with Trump. They will discuss a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine. Putin is wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC). Join Alaskans all over the state and rally to show that we oppose rolling out the red carpet for Putin and Trump and to show our solidarity with Ukraine. Bring Ukrainian Flags if you have them. From The Good News Republican Rep. LaMalfa hammered in profanity-laced town hall - ABC News Rose Haven CT State Community College Reminder - you can see the pod pics if you become a Patron. The good news pics are at the bottom of the show notes of each Patreon episode! That’s just one of the perks of subscribing! patreon.com/muellershewrote Listener Survey: http://survey.podtrac.com/start-survey.aspx?pubid=BffJOlI7qQcF&ver=short Follow the Podcast on Apple: https://apple.co/3XNx7ck Want to support the show and get it ad-free and early? https://patreon.com/thedailybeans https://dailybeans.supercast.com/ https://apple.co/3UKzKt0 Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.